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Given the discussion here, it seems there's a clear need for a text-editor that's cross-platform, fast (like ST, unlike Atom), open-source (like Atom, unlike ST
by drapper 12y ago
Given the discussion here, it seems there's a clear need for a text-editor that's cross-platform, fast (like ST, unlike Atom), open-source (like Atom, unlike ST), very configurable (like Atom and ST), easily extensible (like Atom) and easy to use/grasp for an user accustomed to typical windows applications (like Atom and ST, unlike vim and emacs).
Seems to be something like this could be done using QScintilla. Qt would give it an excellent cross-platform support, Scintilla a good editor with a speed of C++, and the ease of development and extensibility would be possible thanks to either PyQt (Python) or QtQuick (JavaScript). Just a thought...
- peatmoss 12y agoMy feeling is that your point about vim and emacs applies more to vim than emacs. The caveat here is that I had ~15 years of vi/vim usage going on before switching to emacs ~5 years ago. I can plainly see where modal editing is foreign to new users from the start. However, I'm not sure emacs, which ships with "normal" keyboard shortcuts by default in most packagings, is the same. Emacs has a relatively smooth path from, "I'm going to use this like Notepad++" to "Emacs is my god / lover / email client now." At least that's my impression, and perhaps the warped impression of someone incapable of recognizing weirdness.